The Purr-fect Gift--My Favorite Things' Sketch Challenge #100!!!

OMGosh!!! Can you believe this is My Favorite Things' Sketch Challenge #100!!?? Wowza! And what a great sketch it is!!! You can find out all the details at MFT Member Company Forum on SCS. This was a super fun card to make. I decided that I'd really better get a move on making Christmas cards, so here's another one.

For this card I chose an older set: Peppermint Cats. Again going with non-traditional colors, I broke out my new Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly Mini Deck. I've been itching to use these papers 'cause they're so stinkin' cute! I stamped the image on a Perfect Paper Panel with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with Copic markers. I used some Stickles on the stars, some Liquid Applique for the Santa hat fur, and paper pieced the bottom part. I matted the image on a layer cut/embossed with a Nestabilities Label Four die, sponged the edges and popped it up on 3M foam squares. I used a snowflake border punch for the second element (although it's mostly covered up!), some lace for the horizontal elements, and buttons from my stash and PTI twine for the top accents. Lots of distressing--both ink and sanding--on just about all of the elements. I tried to make the sentiment element look like a gift box. Did it work?

We'd love for you to come play along with us. Head on over to the forum and join in the fun--there's a prize for some lucky someone :)

Thanks for dropping in today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Peppermint Cats (MFT)
Paper: Very Vanilla, Sage Shadow, Ruby Red (SU!); Jolly by Golly Mini Deck (Cosmo Cricket; Perfect Paper Panels (MFT)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger)
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Labels Four Nestabilities die, Square die; 3M foam squares, lace, ribbon (craft store); buttons; twine (PTI); border punch (Martha Stewart)

BOO to you!!!

Flopsey's a ghost!!! I swear, I cannot get enough of that little bunny! Look at him all dressed up as a ghost! Cracks me up! This set is Who's That Ghost: Flopsey and I'm using My Favorite Things' Sketch Challenge #99 for my layout.

Flopsey was stamped on a Perfect Paper Panel with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic markers--not much to color on this one, LOL. Flopsey and his little treat bag were cut out and popped up with 3M foam squares. Patterned paper is from Martha Stewart's Halloween collection and card stock is Basic Black, Tangerine Tango, and Old Olive. The sentiment was cut/embossed with Classic Circle Nestabilities dies and has some little black flat-backed pearls for accent.

Come on over to MFT Company Forum at SCS and join in the fun--in addition to the sketch challenge, there's My Favorite Challenge, both of which have a prize.

Thanks for dropping in today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Who's That Ghost: Flopsey (MFT)
Paper: Basic Black, Tangerine Tango, Old Olive (SU!); Halloween Collection (Martha Stewart); Perfect Paper Panels (MFT)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Nestabilities dies; 3M foam squares, ribbon, flat backed pearls (craft store); Copic markers

Too [stinkin'] Cute to Spook

Too Cute to Spook is the name of this My Favorite Things' set in the September release and it's now available. I love it!!! It truly is just too cute!!! You can see lots of samples from this new release if you take the blog hop. Start at Kim's blog and you're on your way!

Today starts a new week at MFT Member Company Forum at SCS and that means a new sketch challenge and a new My Favorite Challenge. Hop on over there and get all the deets. I'm using this week's sketch for this card and it's a fun one!
I first stamped the tree (all images are stamped on Perfect Paper Panels) and the fence panels twice, and lastly the bats (on what was to be the bottom image). Then I used my Copic air brush system and added the grass and the orange "glow" in the sky. I stamped the little witch twice, colored her, and cut her out, the cat once, and glued them in place on the bottom image.

I then carefully cut one tree out with a circle Nestabilities die, matted it with Basic Black, added the second cut-out witch, and popped the whole thing up on 3M foam squares.

After the main image was done and matted with Basic Black, I used Basic Black, Garden Green, Pumpkin Pie, and Halloween striped paper for the base card. The horizontal element is Basic Black with Elegant Eggplant "goo", made with a Martha Stewart punch. Craft store ribbon tied on with a black button and Perle cotton finish that off. I stamped the sentiment on Pumpkin Pie with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, cut it into individual words, and glued them on. I totally LOVE this card--hope you do too!

I'm so glad you stopped by today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Too cute to spook (MFT)
Paper: Basic Black, Garden Green, Pumpkin Pie (SU!); patterned paper (craft store); Perfect Paper Panels (MFT)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Nestabilities dies; 3M foam squares, ribbon, Perle cotton (craft store); Copic markers and air brush system; button (stash); goo punch (Martha Stuart)

My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge--#96

Good morning!! It's Thursday--yippee!!! That means tomorrow is Friday and then a weekend off!!! Saturday I'm going to a scrapbook/stamping store with about 12 other fanatics--can't wait. There's a ton of stuff I need to be doing at home, but, hey, you all understand, right? ;-) Usually my DH is along and although he never rushes me, I *feel* rushed, KWIM? This time, I'll be with kindred spirits, LOL!

OK, on to today's projects. It's time for another My Favorite Things' Sketch and My Favorite Challenge over at the Member Company Forum on SCS. I'm showing both in this post because I hope to have some sneaky peaks of next week's releases for you over the weekend and tomorrow I'll have my Stamp Simply card. So many cards, so few days ;-)

Here's the sketch. I just got Cosmo Cricket's new Early Bird 6 x 6 pad. OMGosh,I love it!!!! I really hope they'll do all their collections in this size!!! So, the mechanics of this card are pretty obvious, I think. I stamped Birthday Flopsey on a Perfect Paper Panel with Memento Rich Cocoa ink, colored him with Copic markers and cut him out. Then I cut/embossed an oval with Very Vanilla and sponged it to closely match the DP background with distress ink. Flopsey's cake is paper pieced and he's up on 3M foam squares. The little side elements are ribbon with buttons tied on with linen thread.

~Recipe~
Stamps: Birthday Flopsey (MFT)
Paper: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow (SU!); Early Bird 6 x 6 pad (Cosmo Cricket); Perfect Paper Panels (MFT)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Nestabilities dies; 3M foam squares, ribbon (craft store); Copic markers; buttons (stash); border punch (Martha Stewart); linen thread (SU!)

OK, on to My Favorite Challenge for this week. The challenge is to make a Christmas (or holiday if Christmas is not your thing) ornament. I'd been wanting to try out this technique I saw on SCS, so I gave it a try.

I stamped Peppermint Cats on shrink plastic with black StazOn ink and CAREFULLY colored it with Copic markers. I say carefully because Copic markers will smear StazOn. Seriously smear it. And water based markers take *forevah* to dry, but Copic markers dry right away. OK, so it's colored and cut out. I cut off the bottom half of the image because I knew the tails would curl up and stick to themselves if I cut them out and the entire image was too large to get into the ornament. So, here's the finished product. Kinda cute, huh? I don't like the cap wires showing, so if I do more of these I'll have to figure out what to do with them ;-) And, I shoulda stamped the sentiment on the outside. Duh! ;-)

~Recipe~
Stamps: Peppermint Cats (MFT)
Paper: none
Ink: StazOn black
Accessories: shrink plastic, clear glass ornament, Perle cottonm ribbon (craft store); oven; Copic markers; 1/8" hole punch

I'm so glad you stopped by today!

Celebrate MFT--I {Heart} my PSFs

I was going through my My Favorite Things' WTG sets and ran across Who's That e-Girl. I realized I hadn't used her for a while so I decided to bring her out for this week's sketch challenge card. Plus, today is Celebrate MFT Day--always on the 20th of each month.

WTG was stamped on a Perfect Paper Panel with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and colored with Copic markers and paper pieced. I then matted the focal image with card stock from a DCWV Neutrals mat stack and Soft Suede. Patterned paper is from the Maple Crest Ct. collection by Heidi Grace. The @ paper clip came from Office Max. It started life as silver-colored, but I got out my handy dandy Copic air brush system and colored it green to match the ribbon. Love that air brush system. And to think--at one point I said I'd *never* need it. Ha! Some brads for accent and the sentiment finish it off!

Be sure to stop by MFT Member Company Forum to get the new sketch and My Favorite Challenge for the coming week. Also, to Celebrate MFT, we have a customer blog hop starting at 11am EDT. Hope you'll join us!

I'm so glad you stopped by today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Who's That eGirl? (MFT)
Paper: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede (SU!); Neutrals mat stack (DCWV); Perfect Paper Panels (MFT)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Nestabilities/Spellbinders dies; 3M foam squares, brads, ribbon (craft store); designer paper clip (Office Max); sewing machine

Grillin' and Chillin'

Summer's winding down, so we're planning a little get together with some friends for a cookout at our house in a couple of weeks. I decided rather than email or call them, to send this invitation. Grillin' Guy was feelin' a little lonesome, so I dragged him out to help. I'm using this week's new My Favorite Things' sketch challenge layout for this card and I'm lovin' it! I'll be using this one more in the future!

My card base is Kraft with layers of Gable Green (I think this is the VERY first time I've ever used Gable Green--yeehaw!!!), Groovy Guava, and DP from Nana's Kitchen mat stack by DCWV with some stitching (yeah, I'm becoming addicted to stitching, LOL). Pewter brads accent every corner. I stamped the main image on a Perfect Paper Panel with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and colored it with Copic markers, but Grillin' Guy's apron is paper pieced. I love how my coals turned out--I used Amy Sheffer's HTDT tutorial, which is great!! Then I layered it on more Groovy Guava and Gable Green and stitched around it, as well, and popped it up on 3M foam squares. The sentiment was stamped on Kraft with Rich Cocoa ink, punched out with the Designer Lable punch, matted on a Gable Green 1 3/8" circle, with a pewter brad accent. It's also up on foam squares. Then I added a ribbon on a pewter spiral clip with a pewter charm hanging from it. I love this card.

Here's the inside, ready for the message:













I'm so glad you stopped by today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Grillin' Guy (MFT)
Paper: Kraft, Gable Green, Groovy Guava (SU!); Nana's Kitchen Mat Stack (DCWV); Perfect Paper Panels (MFT)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: 3M foam squares, ribbon, Perle cotton, brads, spiral clip (craft store); charm (Karen Foster); Copic markers; Designer Label punch (SU!); 1 3/8" circle punch (EK Success); sewing machine

My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge--#93

I can't believe it's Thursday already! Where is this week going? One week ago I was on the road heading to Orlando and CHA! This week has just whizzed by!

OK, enough of that, LOL. Because it's Thursday, we have new challenges for you over at the My Favorite Things forum on Splitcoast. Today I have a card using this week's sketch--#93.

I'm using an image from the last release, Feelin' Fruity. I love these little cherries :) I stamped it on Perfect Paper Panels with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, colored with Copic markers, and cut the image out and popped it up on 3M foam squares. The base card is Whisper White with layers of Old Olive, Real Red, and DSP from the Tart and Tangy collection (retired). The next element uses three different Nestabilities dies and is also up on foam squares. Ribbon is from the Polka Dot collection at MFT, and the little red center button is from the summer collection. The green button is from PTI. The sentiment was cut/embossed with a Spellbinders tag die.

Hope you'll come on over to the My Favorite Thing's Member Company Forum and check out the challenges and play along. As always, there are prizes to be won :)

I'm so glad you stopped by today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Feelin' Fruity (MFT)
Paper: Whisper White; Old Olive, Real Red, Tart and Tangy DSP (SU!); Perfect Paper Panels (MFT)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Nestabilities/Spellbinders dies; 3M foam squares, Perle cotton (craft store); ribbon, red button (MFT); green button (PTI); Copic markers

Happy Tails To You--MFTSC92

My layout is this week's My Favorite Things' sketch challenge. Check it out here, and while you're at it, check out the newest My Favorite Challenge in the same thread. We have a new one of each every Thursday on the forum and use that thread for chatting throughout the week.

This is the first time for me to use this set by Stephnie Fizer called Snuggle Bunnies. I just love how sweet those two little bunnies look snuggled up together! I think I'll use this one as an anniversary card ;-) The image was stamped on a Perfect Paper Panel with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic markers, then cut out. Oh, and I used Liquid Applique on the bunnies tails.

The patterned paper I'm using is Periphery by Basic Grey--I think it's OK for an anniversary card--this would be great paper to use for a masculine card, too! Other than the Whisper White card base, there's no other card stock used on this card--it's all patterned paper. Again, I think the mechanics of this card are self-explanatory.

We hope you'll play along with the sketch--and My Favorite Challenge this week--there are prizes to be won :)

AND! As you read this I'm on my way to CHA!! Hey that rhymes, LOL! Woohoo! Can't wait to meet all the MFT girls that are going to be there, and my CTD pal, Broni! And many other people that I don't know yet! And see all the new stuff!!! I'll try to post some pictures while I'm gone, but if not, I'll be sure to share lots when I get back!

I'm so glad you stopped by today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Snuggle Bunnies (MFT)
Paper: Whisper White (SU!); Periphery 12 x 12 sheets (Basic Grey); Perfect Paper Panels (MFT)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Nestabilities dies; 3M foam squares, ribbon (craft store); scalloped edge punch (SU!); Copic markers; Dew Drops

Cafe' Flopsey--MFTSC91

I still love I Need Coffee Flopsey so much!!!! Apparently I'm not the only one--he seems to be sold out! Do check back often--he'll be back! I ran across this paper at Archivers and of course I had to have it--it's perfect with him!

My layout is this week's My Favorite Things' sketch challenge. Check it out here, and while you're at it, check out the newest My Favorite Challenge in the same thread. We have a new one of each every Thursday on the forum and use that thread for chatting throughout the week.

Flopsey is stamped on Perfect Paper Panels with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and colored with Copic markers, then cut out and popped up on 3M foam squares. My patterned paper is called Coffee Talk and it's by Flair Designs. Card stock is Chocolate Chip and Creamy Caramel. I think everything is pretty self expanatory. Flopsey's background element was cut/embossed with Oval Nestabilities dies and the Creamy Caramel run through my Cuttlebug with the D'vine Swirls embossing folder--to match the swirls of steam from his coffee cup :) I used a corner rounder on the two outside corners and a border punch on the horizontal element. A few cafe' au lait colored brads complete the look, don't you think?

We hope you'll play along with the sketch--and My Favorite Challenge this week--there are prizes to be won :)

I'm so glad you stopped by today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: I Need Coffee Flopsey (MFT)
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel (SU!); Coffee Time (Flair Designs); Perfect Paper Panels (MFT)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Nestabilities dies/D'vine Swirls embossing folder; 3M foam squares, brads (craft store); Copic markers; border punch (Martha Stewart); corner rounder (EK Success)

You're Simply Sweet

This card is for the newest sketch challenge over at the My Favorite Things forum on Splitcoast. Every Thursday we get a new sketch and a new My Favorite Challenge posted on a new thread where we also chat during the next week. Come on over and join in the fun!

And don't forget to check out the newest releases at MFT--you can see them all here. Oh! And for lots of luscious eye candy, check out the blog hop from Tuesday night. You'll be glad you did :)

This image is from the Here's the Scoop set and was stamped on a Perfect Paper Panel with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic markers. I added some Christmas Red Stickles to the cherry for some bling :) The patterned paper is from the new Lemonade 6 x 6 pad by Basic Grey and my card stock is Pretty In Pink, Soft Sky, and Kiwi Kiss, and I stitched around the patterned paper. Following the sketch I added some ribbon and the sentiment and used some Dew Drops for accent.

I'm so glad you stopped by today--hope you'll play along with us this week!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Here's the Scoop (MFT)
Paper: Lemonade 6 x 6 pad (Basic Grey); Whisper White, Pretty In Pink, Soft Sky, and Kiwi Kiss (SU!); Perfect Paper Panels (MFT)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: 3M foam squares (craft store); Copic markers; Dew Drops; sewing machine; ribbon (SU!); Stickles

Tea For Two--MFTSC#89

I'm using My Favorite Things Sketch for this week--#89--for this card. This challenge and the new My Favorite Challenge starts today, so head on over to the forum and check it out!

I'm using My Favorite Things' Tea For Two, which seems to be sold out right now, but keep checking back. The patterned paper is from the new Lemonade collection by Basic Grey and my card stock is Rose Red and Sage Shadow. The focal image was stamped on a Perfect Paper Panel with Memento Tuxudo Black ink and colored with Copic markers, then matted and popped up on 3M foam squares. I did some paper piercing in the corners of the base card Rose Red layer and added the sentiment. I love this little mousie in the tea cup, don't you?

So, hop on over the the forum and join in the chat and challenges--we'd love to see what you come up with!

And, if you haven't done so already, check out this:

We are pleased and proud to introduce something fresh, fun and completely distinctive – MFT Kits!

Each month, a new Kit will be revealed,
complete with an exclusive, unreleased
stamp set, and the items you’ll need to
complete a very special project (s).

The set included with your MFT Kit is a brand new, unreleased set, and will not be available for a period of at least 3 months after the MFT Kit containing the set is released.

This week’s release and promo info:

07/08/09
Release: By The Seashore Kit $25
Kit contents:

*On The Pier (mini stamp set)

*6 die-cut tall gable boxes in ocean blue

*15 yards of hemp in natural

*6 Perfect Paper Panels

*5 yards, 3/8” twill in natural

*100 aged copper brads

*Memento Dew Drop in Rich Cocoa

*Project sheet download

Check out this fabulous project with this month's kit in Michele's Weekly Spotlight post. This set coordinates perfectly with By the Seashore, so you have a lot of design possibilities!

For even more inspiration, check out Kathy's How'd They Do That? tutorial on the MFT Member Company Forum at SCS!

I'm so glad you dropped in today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Tea For Two (MFT)
Paper: Whisper White, Rose Red, Sage Shadow (SU!); Lemonade 6 x 6 pad (Basic Grey); Perfect Paper Panels (MFT)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: 3M foam squares, ribbon (craft store); Copic markers; Ornare paper piercing template/tool; 1" circle, oval, large oval punches (SU!); corner rounder (EK Success)

Tote-ally Fantastic--MFTSC88

This card was for a very dear friend on her birthday. She LOVES handbags so this oldie-but-goodie set--Tote-ally Fantastic--from My Favorite Things was the perfect set to use for her (I see it's currently sold out, but keep checking back). The sentiment inside says, "You give 'Bag Lady' a whole new meaning." Heh, heh.

I'm using My Favorite Things Sketch for this week--#88--for this card. This challenge and the new My Favorite Challenge starts today, so head on over to the forum and check it out!

The image is stamped on a Perfect Paper Panel with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic markers and paper pieced. My patterned paper is Tangerine Dream mini paper by Jenni Bowlin and my card stock is Tempting Turquoise and Ruby Red, run through my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots embossing folder for the base card layer. Double layer photo corners carry out the sketch elements and a little turquoise ribbon with a purse "charm" finish it off!

I'm so glad you dropped by today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Tote-ally Fantastic (MFT)
Paper: Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Ruby Red (SU!); Tangerine Dream mini paper (Jenni Bowlin); Perfect Paper Panels (MFT)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Swiss Dots embossing folder; 3M foam squares, ribbon, Perle cotton (craft store); Copic markers; Photo Corner punch (SU!)

What's the story?

It's Thursday so we have a new sketch challenge and My Favorite Challenge over at the My Favorite Things Forum on Splitcoast. Every Thursday we have new challenges in a new thread so we can chat and share our projects. This is my card for this week's Sketch Challenge--#87.

Flopsey (from the What's the Story set) was stamped on a Perfect Paper Panel with Memento Rich Cocoa ink, colored with Copic markers, and cut out. He's popped up on a Very Vanilla layer which was cut/embossed with a Nestabilities Labels Four with edges sponged with Creamy Caramel ink, which is in turn matted with more DP. The patterned paper is from the Ancestry.com paper pad from K & Co. and card stock is Creamy Caramel and Ruby Red. Some lace with ribbon threaded through and some Dew Drops provide some accent. The sentiment is from the same set and done the same was as the focal image.

We'd love for you to join us in these challenges, so come on over and give it a whirl and join in the chat!

I'm so glad you dropped in today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: What's the Story (MFT)
Paper: Very Vanilla, Creamy Caramel, Ruby Red (SU!); Ancestry.com mat pack (K & Co.); Perfect Paper Panels (MFT)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa; Creamy Caramel (SU!)
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Nestabilities dies; 3M foam squares, lace, ribbon (craft store); Dew Drops; Copic markers; distressing tool (Tim Holtz)

Cupcake Flopsey--MFT Sketch Challenge #86

There're some great challenges goin' on over at the My Favorite Things Forum on Splitcoast. Every Thursday there's a new sketch and a new My Favorite Challenge. Here's this week's thread where we chat and you can post your entry. Play along and you might win a prize :)

This is my card for this week's sketch. I'm using My Favorite Things' Cupcake Flopsey and it looks like he's not available right now. I stamped him on Perfect Paper Panels with Memento Rich Cocoa ink, colored him with Copic markers, and popped him up on 3M foam squares. The icing on the cupcake has Liquid Applique on it--I only have white, so I painted on some Pink Poinsettia Shimmerz after I heated it. I'm lovin' the way this turned out. The DP is from DCWV Sweet Stack and my solid colors are Creamy Caramel and Pretty In Pink. The Swarovski crystals are from the Chocolate Kiss Collection. I made my little ghost flower by punching it out of acetate card stock and the brad is from Paper Studio.

I'm so glad you dropped in today!!!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Cupcake Flopsey (My Favorite Things)
Paper: Whisper White, Creamy Caramel, Pretty In Pink (SU!); Sweet Stack (DCWV); acetate card stock (Flourishes)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: 3M foam squares (craft store); brad (Paper Studio); flower punch (Marvy); Copic markers; Swarovski crystals (MFT)

You Deserve a Break--MFTSC #85

Today I'm showing you a card using My Favorite Things' Sketch Challenge for this week. You can read about it and our other challenge for this week, My Favorite Challenge here. We'd love for you to come on over and join in--there's a prize for a lucky winner each week for each challenge.

My base card is Whisper White with layers of Chocolate Chip, Pretty In Pink, and DP from My Favorite Things' Chocolate Kiss paper by Stephanie Fizer. I think all the elements are pretty self-explanatory. The focal image is from My Favorite Things' Girls Day In set. I stamped it with Memento Rich Cocoa on DP and then again on a Perfect Paper Panel. It was mostly paper pieced with a little coloring with Copic markers. Then I popped it up on 3M foam squares on a Pretty In Pink layer cut/embossed with Nestabilities Label Four die and a layer cut with more DP. The sentiment was stamped on Whisper White with Memento Rich Cocoa ink, cut/embossed with a small Labels Four die and popped up on foam squares. The nail polish was colored with Copic markers and is also up on foam squares. I added a few rhinestones from the Chocolate Kiss May VIP package to the punched border and a couple at the top to finish it off.

I'm so glad you dropped by today. Don't forget to check out the challenges.

~Recipe~
Stamps: Girls Day In (My Favorite Things)
Paper: Whisper White, Pretty In Pink, Chocolate Chip (SU!); Chocolate Kiss DP (Stephanie Fizer for My Favorite Things)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Nestabilities Label Four dies; 3M foam squares, ribbon (craft store); Copic markers; border punch (Martha Stewart); rhinestones (My Favorite Things)

Flopsey's Flowers--Color Throwdown #38

It's another Color Throwdown day--#38!!! I have so much fun with these challenges! This week our hostess with the mostess is Broni Holcombe. Broni chose Basic Gray, Ruby Red, and Baja Breeze for her colors.


I must admit these colors were giving me some trouble until I remembered Flopsey!!! Flopsey saved the day!!! Three cheers for Flopsey! Don't you just LOVE him? Look at that sweet little face!!!

My base card is Whisper White with layers of Basic Gray, Baja Breeze, and Muirfield DSP. The next element is Basic Gray, Ruby Red, and Whisper White with the Posy backgrounder stamped in Ruby Red and on top of that is a strip of Basic Gray. The focal image is from MFTs newest Flopsey release, Flopsey's Flowers. I stamped it three times on Gina K Pure Luxury 80 lb paper with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, colored one entire image with Copic markers (see below) and only the flowers twice. I cut the flowers out and layered one on Flopsey's bouquet and added one to the Basic Gray strip, both of them popped up on 3M foam squares. The sentiment is from MFT Sassy Sayings and was stamped on Whisper White with Ruby Red, punched out with a 1" punch and layered on a 1 3/8" Basic Gray punch out. Three pewter brads accent the lower edge.

C'mon over to the Color Throwdown blog and play along with us this week. If you upload your card to a public forum, please use the keyword CTD38 so we can see your beauty all in one place. And if you play, you *could* be picked as our Featured Stamper and a guest designer! Hope to see you there!

Be sure to check out what the other team members have come up with this week:
Broni Holcombe--Splashes of Watercolor
Cathy Indelicato--Crafty Thoughts
Danielle Kennedy--Wild Dragonfly Designs
LeAnne Pugliese--Wee Inklings
Tammy Hershberger--Stamp Happy

Our Guest Designer for April is Mandy Sarver of My Paper Playground. Check out Mandy's card and show her some love!

Thanks for dropping by!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Flopsey's Flowers, Sassy Sayings (MFT)
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Gray, Baja Breeze, Ruby Red, Muirfield DSP (SU!)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Ruby Red (SU!)
Accessories: 3M foam squares (craft store); brads (Making Memories); 1" and 1 3/8" punches (SU!); Copic markers

Easter Greetings--Color Throwdown #37

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Yippee! It's Color Throwdown day!!! We're up to #37! Today's colors are Pirouette Pink, Cameo Coral, and Sage Shadow, chosen by LeAnne Pugliese, who is our hostess today.


My base card is Whisper White with layers of Sage Shadow, Cameo Coral, and Pirouette Pink, on which I did a little paper piercing. The next element is Sage Shadow and Cameo Coral, both with punched borders, and a layer of DP from the Two Scoops 6 x 6 pad by Basic Grey with a Pirouette Pink wannabe double-faced satin ribbon tied 'round in a bow. The focal image is from the MFT Happy Mother's Day set and was stamped on Gina K Pure Luxury 80 lb with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. It was paper pieced/colored with Copic markers (see below) and is layered on Pirouette Pink and Cameo Coral. Then it was popped up with 3M foam squares on Sage Shadow that was cut/embossed with my new Labels Three Nestabilities die which was also popped up on foam squares. The sentiment is from MFT Hoppy Easter set and was stamped in the same way, punched out with a 1" circle punch, and layered on the challenge colors that were punched with the small oval punch. The oval flat-backed pearls are from Martha Stewart--I thought they resembled eggs, LOL.

C'mon over to the Color Throwdown blog and play along with us this week. If you upload your card to a public forum, please use the keyword CTD37 so we can see your beauty all in one place. And if you play, you *could* be picked as our Featured Stamper and a guest designer! Hope to see you there!

Be sure to check out what the other team members have come up with this week:
Broni Holcombe--Splashes of Watercolor
Cathy Indelicato--Crafty Thoughts
Danielle Kennedy--Wild Dragonfly Designs
LeAnne Pugliese--Wee Inklings
Tammy Hershberger--Stamp Happy

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~Recipe~
Stamps: Happy Mother's Day, Hoppy Easter (MFT)
Paper: Whisper White, Sage Shadow, Cameo Coral, and Pirouette Pink (SU!); Two Scoops 6 x 6 pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Nestabilities Label Three; 3M foam squares, ribbon (craft store); flat back oval pearls, border punch (Martha Stewart); Copic markers; 1" circle and small oval punches, paper piercer/mat (SU!); ruler with hole guide (Tim Holtz)